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The building was delivered in pre-fabricated sections. |
Eleco behind Liverpool Travelodge
Liverpool will shortly have a new Travelodge hotel, thanks in no small part to Eleco Timber Frame which has supplied its pre-engineered timber framing solution.
Published: 19 May, 2010
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Site Safe is mandatory for UKTFA members |
Tackling a hot issue
Following several serious timber frame construction site blazes, the UK Timber Frame Association has launched a major new fire safety initiative. Mike Jeffree reports
Published: 25 March, 2010
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For the TRADA study, sequestration is considered to be the most important factor |
Carbon profit and loss
TRADA membership & marketing manager Rupert Scott discusses a new study designed to quantify the carbon footprint of different timber species
Published: 25 March, 2010
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A gap opening on a woodstrip floor |
Wood flooring issues and solutions
TRADA flooring specialist Peter Kaczmar offers solutions to five wood flooring issues that crop up all too often
Published: 25 March, 2010
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Figure 1: adding insulated plasterboard |
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Figure 2: adding battens and insulation internally |
Warm front
Robin Lancashire, head of TRADA Technologys building performance section, outlines how to improve the thermal performance of existing timber frame walls
Published: 24 March, 2010
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LVL, such as STEICOultralam, can be machined using traditional tools |
LVL steals a march
LV L is used in a wide variety of applications. David Castle reports
Published: 24 March, 2010
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Wolf Systems easi-joists are being used as open web studs in timber frame panels to accommodate increased levels of insulation |
On their metal
Metal web joists' versatility makes them popular. David Castle reports
Published: 24 March, 2010
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Finnforest says technical advances are delivering benefits to builders |
Engineering works
There is growing demand for I-joists. David Castle reports
Published: 24 March, 2010
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Apart from the Douglas fir glulam beams, all the internal timber is red oak |
Green never looked so good
Hopkins Architects has achieved the double in Yale Universitys new Kroon Hall, a building that is stunning in design and ultra green. Architectural journalist and author Ruth Slavid reports
Published: 23 March, 2010
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The buildings had to be complete before winter set in, giving contractors 80 days from start to key handover
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Shaken, not stirred
Cross-laminated timber is playing a key role in the rebuild of earthquake-hit LAquila in Italy. Mike Jeffree reports
Published: 23 March, 2010
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A CGI of the completed scheme at Dunoon |
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Gokay Devecis house in Aberdeenshire under construction
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Actively passive
RTC Timber Systems has developed its own high performance system and the result is Scotlands first Passivehaus. Peter Wilson, architect and director of business development for the Centre for Timber Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University, reports
Published: 22 March, 2010
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The first car enters the car park |
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An exterior view |
Multi-storey marvel
Swedens first timber multi-storey car park has rewritten the design possibilities for urban buildings traditionally the domain of concrete. Stephen Powney reports
Published: 03 March, 2010
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More than an academic exercise
The Norwich Open Academy takes building in cross-laminated timber panels to new heights and in new directions. Mike Jeffree reports
Published: 03 March, 2010
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